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JACOB BERNHEISEL, SR., OF GREEN PARK, PENNSYLVANIA. VLetters Patent No.l72,783, dated December 31, 1367.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED GORN-SHELLER AND SEPARATOR-IEEDER.

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A Be it known thatlI, JACOB BERNHEISEL, Sr., of Green Park, Perrycounty, State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements-in Feeders for Corn-Sheller and Separator combined; and Ido hereby declare the followingr to be an exact description thereof,reference being-had to the accompanying drawings, and

to the lettersof reference marked thereon, making=a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 represents a top and sectional view.

Figure 2 a sectional elevation.

The nature of my invention consists in the feeder and grate, the mode ofregulating the grated iron concave, andthe attachment ofthe upper andlower sicves to the concave, so as to vibrate with the motion of theconcave. l

A represents the upright frame, of ordinary construction, to contain thedevices for shelling, screening,

B, thc-ordinary fan. C, the crank.and-band-wheel, -so as to operato themachine by and winnowing the corn. hand or horse-power. D, the commonstrap and, pulley gearing. E, the upper sieve, through which the cornfalls upon the incline-apron or platform F to the lower sicverGgandthrouglrit on to the lower shoot I-I, where -it falls perfectlycleaned.4 The cobs are thrown oii ovcrtho-sicve E, and the screenings orsmut'fall through and out at I. J J are a series of arms operating atthe mouth 'of the incline hopper K, into which the ears of corn arethrown. The arms J or feeder catch the ears lengthwise, and carry themover the curved grate L to the shelling-cylinder M, each arm of thefeeder J passing between each grate L, and preventing the ears fromchoking up or passing cndwise upon the cylinder. The cylinder hasoblique projecting pins on its periphery, to catch the ears and carrythem around, pressing the cars against the sluttcd or grated concave N,and shelling the corn as the ears pass between the cylinder and concaveN, and dropping the corn from between the grates of the concave N on tothe apron F and sieve G. The grated concave N rests against spiralsprings P P, on` cach side. These springs P P are attached to afcirculariron plate, R, that is permanently fastened on each side, on the insideof thc side boards of the frame A, and the springs P operate inguide-boxes S S of the iron plate R. These springs give a regularyielding. spring motion tothe concave N, that allows the concave toadjust and regulate itself according to thevsize ofl thc ears of corn.The upper sieve E is permanently bolted to the rear end of the concaveN, and the lower sieve G4 operates on'a hinge', T, extending between theside boards of the frame A, and suspended by a linked rod, U, to thelowerpart of the concave N. The connections of the sievcsE and G withthe springing concave N, receive their motion from the concave, and givea continual vibration or motion to the sevcs, whilst the fan B iscontinually cleaning and winnowing the corn.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

"1. The feeder J with the grate L, as combined, when constructed andoperated as herein described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. I also claim the combination of the grated concave N, with its spiralsprings P and sieves E and G, when constructed and operating as hereindescribed, and for the purposes set forth. l l

3. I also claim the feeder J, grate L, c oucaveN, springs I), and plateR, when arranged and combined withl the cylinder M, sieve-s E and G, andfan-B, as herein described, and for the purposes set forth.

JACOB BERNHEISEL, SB.,

Witnesses:

J. FRANKLIN REIGART, Geenen HooBAuc-n.

